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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 
of 

Ih t Comtectfnit Daughters 
nf the American iteaaluttan 

(Jncorporateli) 


Be it known, That we, the subscribers, do hereby as¬ 
sociate ourselves as a body politic and corporate, pursuant 
to the statute laws of the State of Connecticut regulating 
the formation and organization of corporations without 
capital stock, and the following are our articles of incor¬ 
poration. 

Article 1 . The name of said corporation shall be The 
Connecticut Daughter^ of the American Revolu¬ 
tion, Incorporated. 

Article 2. The purposes for which said corporation is 
formed are the following, to wit: To further the purposes 
of the Daughters of the American Revolution in main¬ 
taining and preserving historic houses, sites and land¬ 
marks; to hold, own, purchase, receive by devise or gift 
such real and personal property as'may be convenient or 
consistent with the objects of the association, or useful in 
accomplishing said purposes; to hold, exercise and enjoy 
all the lawful privileges which such corporation may hold, 
carry on, or enjoy under the laws of the State of Connec¬ 
ticut. 

The officers of this Corporation shall be the Slate Regent 
and State Vice-Regent, as provided for in the Constitu¬ 
tion of the National Society of the Daughters of the Amer¬ 
ican Revolution, and a Recording Secretary, a Corres¬ 
ponding Secretary, a Consulting Registrar, and a Treas¬ 
urer, and such other officers as the By-Laws may provide. 


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Article 3. The said Corporation is located in the 
Town and County of Hartford and State of Connecticut. 

Dated at Litchfield, this 23rd day of January, 1917. 

Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, 

Eya V. M. Bissell, 

E. Louise Lyon Barnum, 

Mary F. W. Shipman, 

Charlotte P. Crofut, 

Jennie Loomis, 

Anne B. Rogers Minor, 

Approved February 3, 1917. 

State of Connecticut 1 Frederick L.Perry, Secy. 
Office of the Secretary / s ‘ by R. B. Comstock. 

The foregoing is a true copy of a certificate filed in this 
office, and of the endorsement of approval thereon. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have 
hereunto set my hand, and affixed 
(Seal) the Seal of said State, at Hartford, 
this 3rd day of February, A. D. 1917. 

* F. L. Perry, 

Secretary. 



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BY-LAWS 


of 


THE CONNECTICUT DAUGHTERS 
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

(Incorporated) 


ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of this organization shall be The Connec¬ 
ticut Daughters of the American Revolution, In¬ 
corporated. 

ARTICLE II 
membership. 

Each member of the National Society of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution who is a member in good 
standing of any chapter in the State of Connecticut, is en¬ 
titled to be present at the State Conference, but only 
State Officers, officers of the National Society whose 
membership is in the State, Regents, and N delegates of 
organized chapters shall have the right to vote or to 
participate in the deliberations. 

ARTICLE III. 

STATE OFFICERS AND STATE COUNCIL. 

The officers of The Connecticut Daughters of the Amer¬ 
ican Revolution, Incorporated, shall be a State Regent, a 
State Vice-Regent (as provided for in the By-Laws of the 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 
Article X, Section 1\ a State Recording Secretary, a State 
Corresponding Secretary, a State Treasurer, a State Con¬ 
sulting Registrar, a State Historian, a State Librarian, and 


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seven Councilors. These officers shall constitute the State 
Council. 

ARTICLE IV. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. All state officers shall be elected by ballot 
at the annual State Conference for a term of one year. 
A majority of votes cast shall elect. 

Nominations shall be made by a committee of three mem¬ 
bers elected at the Regents’ meeting in September. This 
committee shall nominate one candidate for each office, 
and shall send a report of these nominations in the form of 
a ticket to each member of the State Council and to each 
chapter Regent in the State, at least thirty days before the 
election. For its guidance this committee shall send a 
circular letter to each chapter, on or before December 1st, 
for the purpose of ascertaining the wish of the chapters in 
regard to their choice of said officers. Additional nomin¬ 
ations may be made from the floor and voting shall not be 
limited to the nominees. 

Sec. 2. The Councilors shall be ineligible to serve as 
Councilors for more than two consecutive years. 

Sec. 3. All state officers shall take office at the close of 
the Continental Congress at which the election of the State 
Regent and State Vice-Regent is confirmed, and shall hold 
office until the close of the next following Continental 
Congress or until their successors have been chosen and 
qualified. A member having served more than half a 
term in any office shall be deemed to have served a term. 

Sec. 4. A vacancy occurring in any office shall be filled 
by the State Council for the unexpired term, except that 
in the case of a vacancy occurring in the office of the State 
Regent, the State Vice-Regent shall become State Regent 
and shall serve until the close of the next Continental 
Congress or until her successor is confirmed and takes of¬ 
fice. If there should be no State Vice-Regent, a State Re¬ 
gent shall be elected by the Council from among its owrn 
members to serve for the same unexpired term. In all 


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cases of filling vacancies at least ten days’ notice of the 
election shall be given in the call for the meeting of the 
Council, and voting shall be by ballot. 

ARTICLE V. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. State Regent. The State Regent shall call 
and preside at all meetings of the State Conference and 
other meetings of The Connecticut Daughters of the Amer¬ 
ican Revolution and of the State Council. She shall an¬ 
nually appoint all duly authorized state committees and 
be a member ex-officio thereof. She shall sign all bills, re¬ 
quisitions, and appropriations before payment by the 
Treasurer, and all contracts or obligations authorized by 
the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. 
She shall compile a state scrap book, and perform such 
other duties pertaining to her office as are specified in the 
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society. 

Sec. 2. Slate Vice-Regent. The State Vice-Regent 
shall perform the duties of the State Regent in case of the 
absence or disability of the latter. 

Sec. 3. State Recording Secretary. The State Record¬ 
ing Secretary shall keep a full record of all meetings of the 
State Conference and other meetings of the Connecticut 
Daughters of the American Revolution, and of the State 
Council, and shall send written notices of such meetings. 
She shall notify members of their election or appointment, 
and officers and members of votes alfecting them, and per¬ 
form such other duties as pertain to her office. 

Sec. 4. State Corresponding Secretary. The State Cor¬ 
responding Secretary shall attend to all matters pertain¬ 
ing to the publishing of the Year Book and the State Re¬ 
gent’s annual report. She shall furnish all press notices 
of meetings, when required, to the Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution Press Committee, or to the 
press. She shall print and issue all authorized literature 
not otherwise arranged for, and shall conduct such corres¬ 
pondence as shall be designated by the State Regent. 


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Amend Article V, Section 5, by striking out the 
words “Executive Committee of the Council’ ’ and in¬ 
serting the words: “the Committee duly elected by the 
Council to pass on bills.” 


Sec. 5. State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall 
have charge of all funds and securities, and shall receive 
and collect the state dues of the Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution. She shall deposit the same 
in such banking institution as may be selected by the State 
Council, and draw thereon by check in payment of all bills 
and disbursements duly authorized and signed by the State 
Regent and the .feec^iv^Gommi tte^t^hthe-CWneth She 
shall send notices of the annual state dues to Chapter Treas¬ 
urers on or before October first. She shall make an an¬ 
nual report to the State Conference, duly audited as herein¬ 
after provided and attend to printing thereof. 

The fiscal year shall be from March first to March first. 

Sec. 6. State Consulting Registrar. The State Con¬ 
sulting Registrar shall assist applicants in proving eligibil¬ 
ity claims in towns where there are no chapters, and shall 
give desired assistance to chapter Registrars in verifying 
lineage papers, and shall perform such other duties as may 
be designated by the Registrar General or the State Regent. 

Sec. 7. State Historian. The State Historian shall 
prepare the annual report of The Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution for the Smithsonian Institu¬ 
tion as directed by the Historian General. She shall com¬ 
pile other historical records of the Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution, and perform such other his¬ 
torical work as may be designated by the Historian General 
or the State Regent. 

Sec. 8. Stale Librarian. The State Librarian shall en¬ 
deavor to acquire such books as would be of historical or 
genealogical value to the Daughters of the American Revo¬ 
lution and perform such other duties as may be designated 
by the Librarian General or the State Regent. 

ARTICLE VI. 

STATE CONFERENCE AND OTHER MEETINGS. 

Section 1 . There shall be an annual State Conference 
of The Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolu¬ 
tion, on such a day in March and at such a place in Connec- 


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ticut as the State council shall arrange. This meeting 
shall be for the purpose of receiving reports of state officers 
and committees, for the election of officers and for the 
transaction of any other business proper to come before 
the meeting. 

The voting members of the State Conference shall be the 
members of the State Council, the officers of the National 
Society whose membership is within the State, the chapter 
Regents, or in their absence the Vice-Regents, and the 
delegates or their alternates who have been elected to re¬ 
present the Connecticut chapters at the next following 
Continental Congress. In addition, chapters shall be 
entitled to delegates equal in number to those representing 
them in the Continental Congress. Each non-Congres- 
sional delegate shall be entitled to one alternate. 

All delegates and alternates must be elected on or before 
March first. 

A member must have belonged to a chapter at least one 
year before she is eligible to serve as a delegate or an alter¬ 
nate from that chapter to the Continental Congress or 
State Conference. (N. S. D. A. R. Ry-Laws, Article IX, 
Section 7.) 

Thirty-five voting members, of which twenty-five shall 
be chapter representatives, shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 2. A meeting of the State Council and the Con¬ 
necticut delegation to the Continental Congress shall be 
held each year in Washington during the week of Congress. 
The voting members of this body shall be the members of 
the State Council and the accredited voters of the Connec¬ 
ticut delegation at the Continental Congress. Twenty-five 
members, of whom fifteen shall represent chapters, shall 
constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 3. There shall be a meeting of chapter Regents 
and the State Council at the Ellsworth Homestead in 
Windsor on such day in September of each year not earlier 
than the twentieth, as the State Regent shall arrange. 
Tt shall have full power to act on all questions involving 
the interests of The Connecticut Daughters of the Amer- 


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ican Revolution, except such powers as are expressly dele¬ 
gated elsewhere. 

In the absence of the Regent she shall be represented by 
the Vice-Regent. In the absence of both Regent and Vice- 
Regent the Regent shall appoint as substitute any one of 
the delegates or alternates to the previous State Conference. 
Such substitutes shall be appointed preferably from among 
those who have attended either the Continental Congress 
or State Conference. 

Fifteen, of whom ten shall be Regents, shall constitute 
a quorum. 

Sec. 4. There may be a State meeting, consisting of 
all Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, in 
the autumn of each year, on such day and at such place, in 
Connecticut as the State Council shall arrange, the object 
of which shall be to promote enthusiasm in the patriotic 
purposes of The Connecticut Daughters of the American 
Revolution. No business shall be transacted at this 
meeting. 

Sec. 5. There may be a meeting of chapter Regents, 
chapter Treasurers, and the State Council in January of 
each year, on such a day and at such place as the State 
Regent shall arrange, with full power to act on all ques¬ 
tions in volving the interests of The Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution, excepting such powers as are 
expressly delegated elsewhere. In the absence of a Regent 
or a Treasurer, the rules governing substitutes to the Re¬ 
gents’ meeting shall apply. Twenty-five, of whom fifteen 
shall be Regents, shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 6. Special meetings of any of the above bodies may 
be called by the State Regent, and shall be called by her 
upon the written request of ten chapter Regents or of the 
State Council. 


ARTICLE VII. 

STATE COUNCIL. 

Section 1 . The State Council shall be an advisory 
board. It shall consider and recommend business at its 


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discretion to the State business meetings. It shall elect 
a committee of five members from its own body, con¬ 
sisting of the State Treasurer, ex officio, and four 
additional members, which shall meet and pass on all 
bills by signature attached thereto before payment by 
the State Treasurer. It shall have power to fill vacan¬ 
cies in offices and standing committees, and shall 
perform such other duties as are delegated to it. 

Sec. 2. The Council shall meet at the call of the State 
Regent at least three times during the year, one of these 
meetings to be in May. Special meetings may be called 
by the State Regent and shall be called upon the written 
request of three members. 

Sec. 3. Five members shall constitute a quorum. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

STATE DUES AND CURRENT EXPENSES. 

Section 1 . The annual state dues shall be fifty cents 
per voting member on a chapter roll, including life mem¬ 
bers, as based on the number published in the current 
Year Book of The Connecticut Daughters of the American 
Revolution. 

Sec. 2. The dues shall be sent by each chapter Treas¬ 
urer to the State Treasurer on or before November first 
of each year. 

Sec. 3. Chapters failing to pay state dues shall not be 
entitled to representation at the meetings of the State Con¬ 
ference. (N. S. D. A. R. By-Laws, Article X, Section 5.) 

Sec. 4. The current expenses of The Connecticut 
Daughters of the American Revolution, covered by the 
state dues, shall include the traveling expenses, printing, 
(including her annual report) postage, stationery and all 
other official expenses of the State Regent to an amount 
not to exceed one thousand dollars in each fiscal year; the 
printing, postage and stationery of all other state officers 
and state committees, necessary to their work, and such 
general expenses as are necessitated by the state meetings 
and the collective work of the Connecticut Daughters of the 
American Revolution, including such a sum towards the 


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maintenance of the Ellsworth Homestead as is warranted 
by the condition of the Treasury. 

ARTICLE IX. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Section 1 . There shall be an Auditing Committee, and 
a Nominating Committee of three persons each, and an 
Executive Committee of the Council, of five persons, con¬ 
sisting of the State Regent, State Treasurer, ex officio, 
and three additional members. 

Sec. 2. The Nominating Committee and Auditing 
Committee shall be elected by the Regents at their Sept¬ 
ember meeting; the three additional members of the Exec¬ 
utive Committee of the Council shall be elected by the 
State Council at its May meeting. 

Sec. 3. The Nominating Committee shall secure and 
prepare a ticket for the state officers and Councilors in 
accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 1. 
This committee shall also prepare and print the official 
ballots to be used at the annual election. 

Sec. 4. The Auditing Committee shall audit the ac¬ 
counts and the annual financial report of the Treasurer 
before it is submitted to the State Conference. The com¬ 
mittee may at its discretion employ a professional auditor 
or expert accountant. 


ARTICLE X. 

REPORTS. 

Section 1 . The Regent of each chapter shall send to 
the State Regent annually on or before March third, a 
detailed report of the work of her chapter for the year end¬ 
ing March first, for use in compiling both the State Re- 


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gent’s annual report and also the State report for the Smith¬ 
sonian Institution as required by the charter of the Na¬ 
tional Society. 

Sec. 2. The Regent of each chapter shall also report 
immediately all annual elections of chapter officers, and 
all changes of officers, whenever they occur, to the State 
Regent, State Corresponding Secretary and Organizing 
Secretary General. 


ARTICLE XI. 

PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY. 

The rules contained in Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised, 
shall govern this organization in all cases to which they are 
applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with these 
By-Laws. 


ARTICLE XII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section 1 . These By-Laws may be amended by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at the 
annual State Conference of The Connecticut Daughters 
of the American Revolution, such amendments having 
been submitted in writing to the State Regent and sent to 
each member of th§ State Council and to each chapter not 
less than sixty (60) days before said Conference. 

Sec. 2. Amendments to these By-Laws shall take 
effect at the close of the State Conference at which they 
are adopted. 


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BY-LAWS 


OF THE 

ELLSWORTH MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 
(Incorporated) 


ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of the Association shall be the Ellsworth 
Memorial Association, Incorporated. 

ARTICLE II. 

PURPOSES. 

The purposes for which the Ellsworth Memorial Asso¬ 
ciation, Incorporated, is formed and constituted are to 
maintain and preserve as an historic landmark the Home¬ 
stead in Windsor, Connecticut, of Chief Justice Oliver 
Ellsworth and Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth, his wife; and 
also a museum therein of revolutionary relics. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERS. 

Membership in the Connecticut Chapters of the Nat¬ 
ional Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, con¬ 
stitutes membership in the Ellsworth Memorial Associa¬ 
tion, Incorporated, and membership in said Association is 
restricted to members of said Connecticut Chapters. 

ARTICLE IV. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 

The Board of Directors of the Ellsworth Memorial 
Association, Incorporated, shall consist of the Founder of 


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Amend to conform with State By-Laws by strik¬ 
ing out the words “Treasurer of the General Utility 
Fund” wherever they occur in the By-Laws and sub¬ 
stitute the words “State Treasurer, Connecticut Daugh¬ 
ters of the American Revolution. ’ ’ 









this Association, Sara Thomson Kinney; the State Regent 
of Connecticut and the Regent of Abigail Wolcott Ells¬ 
worth Chapter, these three ex-officio, and of fifteen other 
members of the Association as constituted in Article III. 
These women shall be known as the Board of Directors, 
Ellsworth Memorial Association, Incorporated. 

The said Board of Directors shall elect, annually, from 
their own number, a President, two Vice-Presidents, a 
Secretary, a House Committee, which shall consist of seven 
members, and a Ways and Means Committee, which shall 
consist of the Treasurer of the General Utility Fund, [State 
Treasurer, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revo¬ 
lution], the Treasurer of the Ellsworth Memorial Associa¬ 
tion, Incorporated, these two ex-officio, and of five addi¬ 
tional members. The said Board of Directors shall elect 
annually, either from their own number or from the general 
membership of the Connecticut Daughters of the Ameri¬ 
can Revolution, a Treasurer who shall by virtue of her office 
be a member of the Board of Directors and said Treasurer 
shall be eligible for re-election. Said Board of Directors 
may also at its discretion elect one additional member to 
the Ways and Means Committee from the general member¬ 
ship of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revo¬ 
lution. 

The Board of Directors shall also elect a committee on 
gifts, loans and relics, consisting of three members of the 
Association, whose duty it shall be to pass on the desirabil¬ 
ity of all gifts and loans. 

The Board of Directors may, at its discretion, elect 
other committees for the various purposes necessitated by 
the care of the Homestead, chairmen of such committees 
to be elected from members of the Board of Directors. 

ARTICLE V. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 

The President of the Ellsworth Memorial Association. 
Incorporated, shall preside at all meetings of the Associa¬ 
tion and of the Board of Directors. She shall be a member 


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ex-officio of all committees, and, in general, do all in her 
power to secure the prosperity of the Ellsworth Memorial 
Association, Incorporated, and the attainment of the ob¬ 
jects for which it was organized. 

The First Vice-President or in her absence or disability, 
the Second Vice-President, shall perform the duties of the 
President in case of the absence or disability of the latter. 

The Secretary and Treasurer shall perform the duties 
usually pertaining to those offices. The Secretary shall 
issue the calls for all meetings of the Association and of 
the Board of .Directors when requested by the President or 
by any other parties thereto authorized as herinafter pro¬ 
vided. 

The Treasurer shall keep her deposit in such bank as 
may be designated by the Board of Directors. Her ac¬ 
counts shall be audited annually by a committee of three 
chosen for that purpose at its October meeting by the 
Board of Directors from the general membership. Said 
committee may, if it so desire, employ a professional 
auditor or expert accountant. The Treasurer shall dis¬ 
burse money only on an order signed by the President 
and two Directors elected for this purpose by the Board 
of Directors. The fiscal year shall be from March 1 to 
March 1. 

The House Committee shall have general charge of the 
property known as the Ellsworth Homestead, its care¬ 
takers, repairs and furnishings. They shall do all in their 
power to preserve and beautify the place. They may use 
their discretion in extending hospitality to members of the 
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 
from other states. 

The Ways and Means Committee shall have charge of 
all matters relating to the providing of funds necessary 
for the maintenance of the Ellsworth Homestead. The 
Treasurer of the General Utility Fund [State Treasurer 
Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution,] will, 
from time to time, transfer to the Treasurer of the Ells¬ 
worth Memorial Association, Incorporated, such amounts 


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as may be necessary for the care of the property known as 
the Ellsworth Homestead, upon receiving a requisition 
therefor, signed by the State Regent of Connecticut, the 
President of the Ellsworth Memorial Association, Incor¬ 
porated, and the Chairman of the Ways and Means 
Committee for said Association. 

If at any time the State Regent should also be the Presi¬ 
dent of said Association, her signature with that of the 
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee shall be 
sufficient. 

If there is need of a larger expenditure than is war¬ 
ranted by the state of the General Utility Fund, [State 
Treasury, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revo¬ 
lution] the Ways and Means Committee shall devise 
methods of procuring such money as is needful; but they 
shall not issue direct appeals for funds to the chapters 
without first consulting the State Regent of the Con¬ 
necticut Daughters of the American Revolution. 

There shall be no fee for any Daughter of the American 
Revolution who belongs to a Connecticut Chapter as a 
condition of entering the Homestead, since the property 
belongs equally to each Connecticut Daughter of the 
American Revolution; but the Committee on Ways and 
Means may define the method of identification which shall 
govern the caretaker in admitting such applicants and 
may also fix the price of admission for all visitors as are not 
Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. 

ARTICLE VI. 

REPORTS. 

Committees shall report to the Board of Directors 
whenever requested to do so, and the Board of Directors 
shall make full and detailed reports to the annual meeting 
of the Ellsworth Memorial Association, Incorporated; 
and shall make a condensed report to the annual State 
Conference of the Connecticut Daughters of the American 
Revolution in March of each year. 


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ARTICLE VII. 

ELECTIONS. 

Five of the fifteen Directors shall be elected each year 
for a term of three years at the annual meeting of the As¬ 
sociation, and no woman except the Treasurer shall be 
eligible for re-election to the Board of Directors until 
after the expiration of at least one year. 

Previous to each annual meeting, the State Regent of 
Connecticut shall appoint a Nominating -Committee of 
three members who shall report to the said annual meeting 
the names of candidates qualified and willing to serve as 
members of the Board of Directors. In these nominations 
care shall be taken to secure to every county and chapter 
in the state fair representation, while there shall be from 
the vicinity of Windsor enough members to render a 
quorum reasonably attainable. A quorum shall consist of 
five members. 

The Board of Directors shall have power to fill all va¬ 
cancies occuring in said Board until the next annual meet¬ 
ing. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

DEPOSITS OF HISTORIC RELICS. 

Gifts and loans of such relics as are approved by the 
Committee on Relics are desired. All loans deposited 
shall be at the risk and expense of the owner. 

ARTICLE IX. 

MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS 

“The Board of Directors shall hold at least two regu¬ 
lar meetings in each year, viz., the annual meeting for 
the election of officers in June, immediately after the 
annual meeting of the Association, and one in October, 
place and time at the discretion of the President. ’ ’ 

Special meetings may be called by the President, and 
shall be called at the written request of five of its 
members. 


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ARTICLE X. 

MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

The annual meeting of the Ellsworth Memorial Associ¬ 
ation, Incorporated, shall be held in June at the Home¬ 
stead, in Windsor, not later than the fifteenth of the 
month. Special meetings of the Association may be call¬ 
ed by the President, and shall be called at the written re¬ 
quest of five members of the Board of Directors. 

All meetings of the Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter, 
whether regular or special, may be held at the Ellsworth 
Homestead, and any Connecticut Chapter may hold its 
annual “outing” there. 

A notice of every meeting of the Ellsworth Memorial 
Association, Incorporated, shall be sent by the Secretary 
to the Board of Directors, the State Regent and her Coun¬ 
cil and to each chapter of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution in the state of Connecticut through its Regent 
at least one week before the day of said meeting. 

ARTICLE XI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote 
of the members present at any meeting of the Association, 
printed notice of such amendments having been sent to 
each Connecticut Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, at least sixty days before the meeting. 


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